Teaching and Assessing the Responsible Conduct of Research: A Delphi Consensus Panel Report (Report‪)‬

Introduction Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) education and training too often emphasize rules like "Do not falsify data" or "Do not plagiarize." These are simple extrapolations of what most researchers learned in kindergarten: lying and stealing are wrong. Reminding researchers of such rules involves stating the obvious, with the result that RCR education and training may be perceived as boring, unnecessary, and ineffective.